On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 02:15:49PM -0800, Mark Johnston wrote:
M> On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 01:26:47PM -0800, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
M> > On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 10:52:45PM +0000, Mark Johnston wrote:
M> > M> Author: markj
M> > M> Date: Tue Dec  6 22:52:45 2016
M> > M> New Revision: 309658
M> > M> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/309658
M> > M> 
M> > M> Log:
M> > M>   Provide dummy sysctls for v_cache_count and v_tcached.
M> > M>   
M> > M>   Some utilities (notably top(1)) exit if any of their input sysctls 
don't
M> > M>   exist, and the removal of the above-mentioned PG_CACHE-related sysctls
M> > M>   makes it difficult to run such utilities on different versions of the
M> > M>   kernel without recompiling.
M> > M>   
M> > M>   Requested by: bde
M> > M> 
M> > M> Modified:
M> > M>   head/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
M> > M> 
M> > M> Modified: head/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
M> > M> 
==============================================================================
M> > M> --- head/sys/vm/vm_meter.c      Tue Dec  6 22:48:28 2016        
(r309657)
M> > M> +++ head/sys/vm/vm_meter.c      Tue Dec  6 22:52:45 2016        
(r309658)
M> > M> @@ -314,3 +314,14 @@ VM_STATS_VM(v_forkpages, "VM pages affec
M> > M>  VM_STATS_VM(v_vforkpages, "VM pages affected by vfork()");
M> > M>  VM_STATS_VM(v_rforkpages, "VM pages affected by rfork()");
M> > M>  VM_STATS_VM(v_kthreadpages, "VM pages affected by fork() by kernel");
M> > M> +
M> > M> +#ifndef BURN_BRIDGES
M> > M> +/*
M> > M> + * Provide compatibility sysctls for the benefit of old utilities 
which exit
M> > M> + * with an error if they cannot be found.
M> > M> + */
M> > M> +SYSCTL_UINT(_vm_stats_vm, OID_AUTO, v_cache_count, CTLFLAG_RD,
M> > M> +    (u_int *)NULL, 0, "Dummy for compatibility");
M> > M> +SYSCTL_UINT(_vm_stats_vm, OID_AUTO, v_tcached, CTLFLAG_RD,
M> > M> +    (u_int *)NULL, 0, "Dummy for compatibility");
M> > M> +#endif
M> > 
M> > IMHO, there should be some garbage collecting timeout for them. I'd 
suggest to
M> > delete them from head after stable/12 branch is forked.
M> 
M> The intent was to improve compatibility with old userlands, not just to
M> help bridge the transition from 11.0 to 12.0. In general I'm all for
M> removing cruft, but these sysctls are unobtrusive and I don't see any
M> reason to remove them in a specific time frame provided that nothing
M> else breaks compatibility for top(1) (and vmstat(8)). Please feel free
M> to add a timeout if you still disagree, though.

I'm fine with a bigger timeout. 130000, 140000 or 150000. Anything but
the infinity :)

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.
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